EK1 with Inscription

[stogieman]

Can anybody make this out, price is reasonable, if real??

[Rick Research]

says

Unserem tapferen Pauli
Tatti u. Lolle

so "To our brave Paulie (I think that's what the name is) from Tatti & Lolle." So just first names, nicknames.

[Mike Kenny]

Hi guys,

A question. How did Tattie and Lolle (assuming Rick's translation is correct) acquire/purchase the EK for it to be inscribed? I thought only recipients with their award docs could buy seconds/replacements? Or is that just for Third Reich awards? Maybe a bottle of schnapps for the award maker?!

Regards
Mike K

[Rick Research]

The ISSUE pieces were all flat-- vaulted pieces were private purchase. Either gifts were allowable from any military effects store, or one of the presenters, eligible himself, bought a duplicate for "himself" and had it engraved.

This sort of private, "secret" personal gift inscription seems fairly common, second only to the recipients' recording their own names and relevant commemorative dates and places-- most of which must have been done AFTER the war, as Security No-Nos!

[Frank Heukemes]

Oh Ring Wielder, may a humble adept suggest that you need new glasses?

Seriously, it is "Unserem tapferen Bruder" (not Pauli).

Probably too much St. Pauli when you visited Hamburg, hm?

Cheers, Frank H.